The “Life Lessons” Fallacy
Why I go crazy when I hear people say they are engaging in specific parenting practices in order to teach their baby/toddler/child about the real world.
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Our Children Are Not Our Equals
Do you believe that children are our equals? What does this theory look like in practice and are we doing our children any favours by acting as though they are?
Educating the Experts – Lesson One: Crying
You call yourselves “baby whisperers” and “experts” on how to get babies to sleep and though you write books telling parents exactly how to care for their children, it seems as though you all require a bit of a brush up on your education.
Fighting for Homebirth
What are the problems with homebirth according to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists? The primary argument for years is that it’s somehow unsafe and that there hasn’t been enough research on it. They say homebirth is unsafe and ignore the evidence that suggests otherwise.
The “Difficult” Baby: Part One
You’ve probably heard it a hundred times. Parents talking about their child and why parenting was so hard: He was just such a difficult baby. It’s supposed to explain the frazzled looks, the endless crying, and every other negative trait we attribute to the baby in question. But does it?
Evolutionary Parenting: Where History and Science Meet Parenting
Here is a summary of what Evolutionary Parenting stands for. In short, it’s the idea that the way in which we as humans (and other mammals) have parented over hundreds of thousands of years (i.e., the way we’ve EVOLVED to parent) is intricately related to the well-being of our children.
A Response to Gina Ford’s “Golden Rules”
Click here for Rules #1-4 Source: The Daily Mail Rule #5: Let your baby cry for up to 12 minutes each night before it goes to sleep. Note: Online it says 5-10
Sleep Research and Parenting: What’s Relevant?
New research suggests that poor sleep leads us to be selfish and less grateful to others. What does this mean for parents? Should it mean anything?